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Court: RBS whistleblower should not receive award
By 
Aaron Nicodemus2022-07-25T20:31:00
A federal appeals court has denied the whistleblower claims of a former Royal Bank of Scotland employee seeking compensation for a tip he said generated more than $10 billion worth of settlements.
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